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Joan Michaels Aguilar Year In Review Joan Michaels Aguilar, 2019 CSMFO President Some Magical Memories to Share Can it be possible that the 2020 CSMFO Conference in Anaheim, aka Disney, has come and gone already? I hope that you had as an amazing experience, as I did, between the educational sessions, vendor exhibit and special events. So many sessions were standing room only, even the ones that were repeat sessions! I had the good fortune to wear multiple hats during this conference. It concluded my year as 2019 President and I had the privilege to pass the gavel to incoming 2020 President, Steve Heide. Steve was great in allowing me to be a member of the Host Committee to help plan the conference knowing I am a BIG Disney fan, as well as act as a liaison to one of our out of state guests from Oregon, Kathy Leader. Since this is our annual print edition, I expect you will see other authors and articles share the special moments at events such as the President’s Dinner held at Napa Rose and the Wednesday Late Night event at California Adventure which was so much fun, even though it was a late evening. Plus, we had some great awards bestowed this year with our Volunteer of the Year, Jennifer Wakeman leading our efforts on student engagement and two Distinguished Service Award honorees – 2012 Past President Laura Nomura and former Board Member David Cain. All three award recipients remain very active in CSMFO activities. I made some notes in my phone from a couple of our speakers as their words resonated with me. • Stop Looking and Start Leading – Jeffrey Barnes aka Dr. Disney our keynote speaker at Wednesday’s lunch • Done standing on the sidelines of my life – Jeffrey Barnes • Optimism over adversity – Steve Gross – Friday keynote speaker – Life is Good Co. • Toxic stress can destroy optimism – Steve Gross
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